The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-04 00:00:00

f' MARKET. AND °°X,OIICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. The members of the Stock Exchange this morn appear anxious anticipation of the Queen's speec h , bisrpear little d'isposed to transact business. Speen tal°ll,,,h:lB,bee n much circumscribed, and the desire it t t it e a n - a -r `att'. what course the English Government t ee 8 pursu e in relation to Denmark has not t I,4llll3Pralleled for same considerable time pas for e Rogan Funds are I flatter, Consols being 901 Tr3lolleY. and 90,4 ;-", for the account. to:tithe Forei gn Market there is also a very hees av e y t a :' and busi ness is dull. Turkish Consolid 20i.s teee ded to 45-Z- 44; Mexic in, 341 ; Greek, e ja i S Panish Passive, 31.1- 32 8 ; and the Certifi kilw4 d a Y share s are also flatter, with very few e 4 ,12 Wtth ThegBGreat East ern N orthern Junction Railway, hhalfafeaPital ex £1,500,000, i n s h ares o f £2O each br ough t : thi el'• has been already subscribed, is Credit auk under the auspices of the Genera l to ot ; 44'1 Finance Company. The railway is to ki n : the coal districts of the north and the 44 1)41 towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire with tie krb aa ' hY means of a trunk line starting from di allester, and joining the Great Eastern near Ices.ant lt will run on almost a level gra land will be able to convey coals and litt - 7 at a saving of about 2s. per ton, which 41 41 ,1' r at a gain of about £500,000 per 411. (1 7 to the London coal consumer. Besides this hi, E ; ta ge as a through line, it also provides rail : ant ;44111i:iodation for populous districts now with 4-1 mean s of transit. The length of the line I°B l miles, with 21i miles more for t1,600-"nal and the total cost will be abon T % A °, half of which has been take n . by t t ots eat Eastern Company, some of whose cli.rec h 04°Pose the board of the new undertaking. for IS teat Eastern also contracts to work the line Nt eo , Cent. , an d contributes 55 per cent. gross Qr est Ilev? l ine, and sam e on it s t ra ffi c conve y e d nt mp Eafi tern, to a fund out of whi c h a het li ; la dividen d of 5 per cent. per annum i s 'esti to the shareholders. At• tb Two O'CLOCK. Re e Preis ), tte •ttetit el.. . B ;: 1 10 0111'80 this morning, according to A t geoti2d 66 :g ra m, the Three per Cent. Rentes t he 25 0- Better !ty t! ti_ r!i: r a 1 meeting to-day ' of the London and ' 4°k M • p et u elid • Nicholl in the chair, the usual W as cent., together with a bonus of 6 t t ' itere44e7 eelared for the half-year, 40%, kt,r4ixdepression is perceptible in the English 1 , 1. q90. / e.t, Coupons now being 90 for transfer, the account. Transactions have taken 891" the N- e 90 1 w Threes and R e d uce d A nnu iti es, oat," and Exchequer Bills are marked 4s. f u th Tube e r down 3 k -wara movement has taken place kl iti t eit 6 pe o f the principal Foreign Securities. lib ‘ tlB r A ce nts., 1862, are 661 ditto Con )_ p 4 Mexican, 341 1; Greek, 20k 2-; 48 asiv e, 314 32 ; and the Confederate tth the ,Railway 4, 44 Share Market the deali ngs "4 IPti ttir t "ste rn „ eri Y animated. Great Western, 11,. ‘ tieh Metropolitan, and South Eastern 4t,!. l9 tiii,„ give . ll Way about 55., and Caledonian tior.,Lurlstol and Exeter have improved £l, I, t) 6 a. "aerti 1/I_ 4, VS and Ilorth Eastern (Ber 'l4l4 , i4t; ereip„ and Colonial lines show little 11 4 414 as 41t re gards values. ve e n s regards 1h244,1 Miscellaneous Shares continue inac- Nl ktio lle. 80 Ixte instances are at slightly reduced o 11R, trisn kq t FU NDS-ONE O'CLOCK. t,°itt 4 4t. Purtos. Centszat:omlfia;l;..s. 9O k 89k 904 ,3q 90 1891 ..................... 84 90i lit :254thJsca, 1880 `' 0 4(,) ....... expire sth AprillBBs.. 141 uto titt Telegraph), Aug.A 1908. -13 4 ,,uitt 0 $ 4 3 per Cent 4 die Izs T , tlo ttA 44 a . d ,--/e 4 (4 - Sti t k p, and £200 b i li t 'tock - I N T 9 tier Ct., last hf.-yr 235 7 bitt ° AeC .4 ip e 10 14 T SECURITIES. ti)i.tt,csi p e t ; 4 o 4...e . ent., April 1874 21 5. ,itt o C en t ............... • 103 i 4 31 4 "14 Pe 'it. " t ilY / IS7U kif t C elli' • ... h bi t '" t 8 4, 14e n ed p a 4 i ,k ) et, 1888 - io", Jan 1872 ent .. 91 '",D e E e t e e] ;,' L - bi tt uitt,, 61 414; 8 " , Nay, 1879 • . 4 Per Ct., April 1861 - to ' , O R . 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Obt Lam . 734 1 1: 0 , 1 e ) r totl'a; 14 Gel t'elltlttr2erkt, ...... bilki 4 4 3 p Zteed, P"93. to Per e: Per Cent. , c e ,„ . nt. 18 4, ......... to, tvi, got . 1 :41,1 4 .... z - x t. bove payable in Land , n. c• . it tth 5 48, 41 t, per ertlfleates 1t14,1 A ter ) °,2 nt Cent., • E x . 186 i, 2 ,• eY ..... francs.. - 4it % ... '414 . ...... .......... TWO O'CLOCK. Zo ............ 90 41PIING " - Tiu . s --- it ay, • p et• thiGo~is day at noo n -N orth; lalloaeb. 3„ ltt Ting Azle weather, with showers of hail wind S 'W.- r 4 A.r ived-P rince Rupert, t ti v qd G NTIC T ELE GR APH. ) e 4,...mazatt_AL:tESEND, Thursday Morni ng . n, from Ne Y als. DEAL . l , TI1741::_ or Cla k y Morning , *.aidi for 11u11, co 10 eeesaiiii, re' her - co ft er Log e a t° ro- t o f°'" of , t, o fro , 0 el of f ;0 09 40, W P o ort sto 4 u 06 0 0 0 ° p l i ir" -or ite rtoir At e ' ; f eel ,ste r ' le OS ott Ai r ' id ..dali tote' e. a 4 ,fl°; B ,), ge l , 00113 „ t 90 ,- re ce 91101. At 7" . $ ra cr o'o rlif° SHARE MARSETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. , pap Closing ; Business Price. done. Bir., `Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andlitid.t;o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A f A gets no die D o. B ti 118 p c.p an.hat. (been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Greatgastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 8 8. 1 8i 84 F 6 1191 120, 7 7i 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 981 491 45 47 7f 81 128 129 134 136 134 136 97 99 C 4 65 Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Irelan Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshin Loudon and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,t S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Alaryport and Carlisle. Do t shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Real Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchasi Do Lecds IC9 109} 70 72 102 103 40 42 106 106} 102; I(3i 491 5,4 98 99 128 i2B, I IL, 47 99 MI 62; 25 t 6 1021 103 Do York Do Carlisle North London 58 59 90t 91i Do New . 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 Ii Ili 123 126 43 45 93 100 [ North Staffordshire N. and S. IV. Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock.. Shrews, and Welchpooi Shropshire Union .... South Devon ... !South Eastern 63 64 33 Si 931 94} South Wales 15. York. and River Dun Ibtaines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale .. . ....... 98 100 91 10i 18 39 9k 10i D 74 8 i) M.) les ' 5} 5 1 P 3 34 p Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 87 90 170 175 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , ,hare 100 &tlantlo &St Lawrence all 59 61 Sk 5 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 102 104 Gu. 5 per oent. 20 Do. New ... 8 1 p 20 • Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 61 6 10 Do. Preference . all 8 9 /Bufralo,Brant&Godric.l) 100 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1,187 i 100 et Clcutta.et B.Eastn. (Lin,. 100 100 102 at Cape Town Dock Seri) 100 100 102 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 104 106 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 102 104 1031 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 P 20 Do. do. H do. sock Grand Trunk of Canada tun 191 20. 1 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15 731 100 Do. ao. deferred__ all 58 61 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds., all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 49 65 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 50 62 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 12 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock. all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 20 14 stook Otlndtarenin.gua.sp.c too 103 105 1031 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 # I , stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 6 per cent. 100 102 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shareb all 9} 10 201 Do. New 18 11 1046 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8 all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 iP stock Madras. guar., sp. c. stock D 0.41 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 46 do lOO 12 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock Alelb.Corp. 6p. o. 100 50 81elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Blorfrg. Bds. all 20 Newßr unswf ;ktt Canda Class A. •:.nd B. all ' 0 5 po let pppppf bds 100 82 84 stock Soitrde (100 102 104 stock Delhi.. ' 100 102 104 V.: Do. do. .. ........ 2 1 st Do. Punjaub ci all 102 104 Do. Do. ........ , t e rg. 1 100 s 'out{ Do. in dus.St. Flo.) k ioo 93 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —o.,m.uoe.6p.c.Ja,irJul 1877-S4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 102 104 Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104 102 Do. p. o. Jan.&July. lot 90 02 891 90/ , Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 'Cape G.Hope. 6 p 0,1873 100 106 107 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 ill Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 , Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 -- N.13.G0v. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 1,180 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,18t.t to 1::7C 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 - .Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - 18. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 108 110 - , N,Tio.GoV. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6 um. An.&Oot. 100 1092 110 i 1091 1091 i BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold chiTord Amalgamated.. Devcn G. Con.. (Taoist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn 'E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) Gam.tSt.Aubyn(G wen.; Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Relston, !Grenville erc-d's-Foot iiingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lein: t Marke Valley.. Alyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; New Seton North Downs N. WWI Basset (Illoz,an North Wheal Crafty Par Consols (St. Blaze>) Providence (Dug Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park rarnar Silv.& Lead Min. fin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Cs radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Baseet (Illogan)' Wheal Buller(ltedruth), Wheal Kitty (I.7.Lelant)' WhealLudcott , Wheal MaryAnni s 'Aen ) Wheal Eleton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) %Vheal Union ?.14.0 3.4.0 8.9.0 17s' 40 6.16. u. 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 4.3.0 3.f•0 2.6.9 10.6.7 18.18.9 30.17.6 2.0.6 3.0.6 8 3.17 I 381 391 d 570 080 67 70 par 27 28 7 71 5 04 9 11 41 5 151 161 5 51 36 38 41 5 17 10 61 7 13 d SO 90 2 21 21 24 5 51 44 46 425 435 67i 62i 28 30 10¢ 2 0 i 11 12 64 56 190 200 80 85 3) 37 1 11 2 13i 146 Ho 170 23 25 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Eat: No. 1, 110 London and S.-Western 4} per cent., Ditto, Portsmouth perpet auns. of 2s. 6d., 21 FOREIGN`RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17} Great Luxembourg, 1O I amur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, St, West Flanders, i FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 31i Port Philip, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 120; 1 Alliance Bank of Lon a.M. and Liverpool aim), Ditto, new,:3ol Anglo Austrian, 51- 1 British North American, 471 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. anl.C b :Lna. 42 Chartered ger. of India, London, and 63; Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 1 European Bank, lira., 74 Imperial Ottoman, 71 ; Land Mortgage Bank O f : - India, lira., 3; London, Buenos Ares and River Plate, 50 , London and Coi,:;ity, 65;, 61 London Join+ Stock, 361 London aid South American, lira., 81 1 LondPli and South-Western (Um.), 131 14 Lo :don and West m i nster, 79 ',Mental Bank Corporation, 58; 91 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi 1, 61 Union of Ireland (Um.), 19; DOCKS. St. Katharine, 73 Victoria, 101* MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 41 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 61 General Steam Navigation, 28 International Financial Society, 12 111 12 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 - per cent. Bonds, redeia. 1870, issued 90, 81 2 Joint •stock Discount, lim., London Finanoial Association, lim., 25 PQiiinsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 47! The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I7s. ioid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on Loudon is 13.4 per £1 sterling. :standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 172 per cent., and the premium on gold is 561 per cent. At these rates there is a sm ill profit on the importation of gold from the United States. t 3.14. 6.4.0 4.16.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1864. LITERATURE, A Young Artist's Life. One Vol., pp. 214, Hurst and Blackett. This very charming story is a perfect poem in prose. Lovingly and tenderly are the character and early career of the young artist, Leonard Holme, depicted by one who apparently knew and appre ciated him well; for the hero, we are told, is taken from the life. Many will recognise in the biogra pher a writer who has on more than one occasion found favour with the general public, and won golden opinions from the appreciative few ; but never has he written more freshly, more charmingly than in the pages of this brief and pathetic romance of real life. As a justification of our remarks let us select, almost at random, some of the bright thoughts and pleasant fancies scattered in profusion over these pages. Here, at the commencement, is a word of— truth which is after all the one only renovator of poor human nature, whether in " saint, in savage, or An sage." Pure Saddle Horses. By Edward Curr. Wilson and Nl'Kennon. Although Mr. Curr writes more particularly for the benefit of the Australian colonies, his book may be read with much profit by the breeders of horses in these countries. His views are those of a man who has bad great practical experience of the animal he treats about in various countries, Euro pean, Asiatic, and African; and the result of his observation is given to Ili in a very agreeable and well•writteu narrative. There can be ❑o doubt that Mr. Curr's estimate of the British saddle horse is a very correct one. The breed has, unquestionably, deteriorated of late years; and this deterioration he attributes, with perfect justice, to the descrip tion of sires employed to propagate them ; the early age at which our thorough-bred horses are put to work; and the severity of the training they undergo. Besides all which, the fact, that speed for the hort distances run is the object sought to be attained, without reference to the power of staying, is, perhaps, the main cause why the stallions appropriated to the getting of our saddle horses are mere weeds, worn out even at an early age by the discipli ne t h ey h ave un d ergone i n the hope of enabling th em to strugg l e successfully for the great prizes which can only be contested by horses of under, or not exceeding, three years old. When a racehorse has distinguished himself in his early performances, and has figure and form to re commend him, he, as a matter of course, is destined to breed racers; and this piece of service alone effectually prevents his being otherwise employed, for it would be preposterous to suppose that any man would pay fifty or a hundred guineas for a sire, when the utmost price he could expect to realise for the produce, when al . , maturity, would little, if at all, exceed that sum. There was formerly in Ireland a race t of horses bred to run two and three mile beats, or races of four miles, carrying much heavier weights than are now carried over flat courses. The blood of those horses was pure, and although they were certainly not as fast for a short distance as the racer of the present day, they were by far stouter. And the stakes which they could win being but of small amount they were generally put to stud when they made a cha racter, the price of these services, though seldom exceeding five guineas, being found to he more re munerative than the sum of their winnings, and by them was produced the Irish hunter, a horse un matched in any other country for shape, siz action, and dnrhbPity. But the mania for light weights, and short distances, has quite annihilated the race of sires which produced the Irish hunter of former days. And the consequence is, that that justly cele brated animal has almost ceased to exist. The saddle horse is of far more importance in our A s tralian colonies than he is at home. There, lien travelling over the prairie, or through the forest, require animals of strength and vigour to carry them. They cannot use carriages, while with uc no man dreams of making a journey of any length in the saddle. A ride to cover is the longest taken by our sporting men, and those who have distant visits to pay, or business to transact, have recourse to railways, or to post horses where railways do not exist. It is therefore not to be wondered at that the colonists take a far deeper interest in the breed of their saddle horses than we do, when it is remembered that their grass-fed animals are expected to carry men of all weights from 80 to 100 miles for many days consecutively. That Mr. Curr is right in demanding tle infusion of Arab blood in the breeding of Australian horses does not admit of a doubt. The climate of his country is peculiarly adapted for the propagation of that noble species of his race; and the food generally procurable is that on which the Arab horse alone can live and labour. We sincerely trust, therefore, that his countrymen will profit by the advice of a traveller who has seen and tested the qualities of the horse in so many different climes, and whose book evinces a thorough knowledge of the topic he writes upon, although the subject of wh . ch he treats is not of such importance to us as to his fellow colonists. Mr. Curr's vo:ume will an_ase and in struct its readers; his style is clear, anu his descrip tion of trapping wild horses is worthy of being transcribed. A hunter had succeeded in bagging two lots, numbering 120; bat, not content with his good luck, he coveted another flock which appeared in view— In the meantime, a large herd of 150 wild horses had been seen, and the conductor of the hunt, too eager for gain, instead of being satisfied w:th what he had captured and taking them to the yard to 'oe subdued by thirst and hunger, as he had done in the first instance, determined to take this other lot also with him. Steadying his former captives and leaving what men he could spare fa charge of them, he moved off with the rest of his party,and was not long in falling in with and heading down the other 150. Away they came in the direction of his depot party, each as hard as he could rattle, in a long string; the stallions and strong horses leading; the mares, the old, the lame, and the foals, stringing out, but following the lead at their best pace. On their apprcach, those that had only just been joined to the crawlers, now well in wind, began to cock their ears, whinny, and become restless. Their anxiety communicated itself to the lot first captured, and, as these feelings of alarm are very contagious amongst gre garious animals, even the wretched crawlers began to get uneasy. In the mean time, the tramp of feet grew louder, and the 150 drew near, racing over the pain, mad with ex citement, their tails streaming in the air and clouds of dust flying from their hoofs, with a thunder of feet that might be heard miles off. Such was their impetuosity, that the quiescent body of half, subdued material was unable to stop them, and the whole affair became a rout, and every horse there, to the poorest crawler, joining in the rush was carried away by the excitement of the moment. Round went the two lots at meeting, in whirlwinds of dust; amidst its mantling clouds, the tossing of manes and streaming of tails, a thousand incidents flash indistinctly for a moment on the eye of the beholder ; the tall grey that has run headlong against another in mid career, rear height, tumbles backward with his neck broken; ing high above the rest for an instant his full the vicious old mare, that hates a throng, with head bowed to the ground, kicking all that come within reach; the foal, overthrown, rolling amongst the feet of themultitude;of terror—the thunder of hoofs—the rival stallions meet ing in they withoutstretched neck, snake-like head, edd the n igh—th e savage ye ll —the scream and ears laid back, true to their nature, springing with fury on jealousy and hate w hich never brook postponement of battle; each all h other,ad been to dis appeared in an instant , for no thing could restrain them. Bursting from their captors, blind and deaf to danger , headed by resolute stallions re fusing to be turned, the whole lot broke from control and swept over the plains. The yells and cannon-like reports of the whips of the pursuers only added fuel to the firs. The whole lot escaped, and were soon out of sight behind the swells of the plain, the cloud of dense dust floating in the dry air marking the direction of their flight. the person at whose expense the hunt had been got up having to return home with his party, h os i n g the whole of his horses except those on which bis men were mounted, with the pleasant reflection that the domesticated horse, once free and joined with wild ones, is not a whit easier to recapture than the wildest denizen of the plain. This volume, we may observe in conclusion, is in scribed by the author," with many feelings of affec t:on," to his Old Friend, the lion. Miles Gerald Keon, now Chief Secretary of the Beruiudas. The Han Real Life. By Newby. As a perfect match t o that p e rfect woman, cele - A ra lf n re o d f G th i e ad Hour stone : ATTwaole Vols. cele brated by the poet as " mistress of h 6 rself, though china fall," Mr. Josiah Allcroft, the " Man of the Hour," is essentially, in all circumstances, master of himself and of the situation, from the o p e ning chapter, when we find Alm sitting complacently in a debtor's gaol, " his face full and radi a nt, his tongue plausible and soft," to the close of the last volume, when the chairman and two directors of a bank wait upon him, an d threa ten " to stop him in b ne s s s t , 0 " p and the h b e a retorts,nk ; and he do es it ! Through I u the intricate mazes of the two volumes of this nar rative, Mr. Allcroft's (or rather, it should be, All crafts) arts and contrivances are a happy satire upon the faults and frauds of the day. Intermingled with the history of his machinations is a very inte resting and adventurous story—a little too highly coloured, perhaps, in its descriptions : as, for example where one of the heroines is thus glowingly portrayed :—" Watch that s oft blue eye, that cheek emulating the damask rose, the white forehead, those delicately-chiselled lips, the rounded nostrils —none of which Venus could have excelled ! Let that eye sparkle, that cheek flush, the curl, the nostril forehead contract, the lips dilate—and Minerva again walks the earth !" This fair lady is beloved, (and no wonder !) by a clerk in her father's employ. This gentleman, with honourable discretion, retires from his post, and as he is taking a sad farewell of the picture of his lady-love the damsel herself enters the room. A scene which loses much of its effect from its reminding us of that matchless " situation " between Fanny Trevanion and Pisistratus Caxton, a scene never to be forgotton by all who have read "The Caxtons." With blemishes such as we have referred to, Mr. Alfred Gladstone has given us a very ani mated and interesting romance. The Belle of the Ball. A Novel. By William Pickersgill, author of " Washington Grange." Two Vols, Newby. It is somewhat surpri3ing that this title has not been already adopted by some novel-writer, the fair belle of a ball-room being so frequently the heroine of a three-volumed novel. As it is, Mr. Pickersgill has the merit of the selection, and a very charming belle he has depicted in Mehta Hastings. How at this ball, which occurs in the first volume, the hero and heroine first encounter each other, and how, according to the famous and always appropriate quotation on the title-page, " Love took up the glass of Time and turned it in his glowing bands," we will not here further relate. Suffice it to say, that the hero, who is rejected by a proud family as being of the Arab tribe of actors, proves, by a strange combination of chances, to be the head of the very family that disdains him. A supposed murder, re sembling in some of its features the notorious Road tragedy, is introduced, with, we cannot but think, an absence of good taste and discretion. A " COURT REGISTER OF THE HOUSE OF COM MONS" has just now beßn commenced under the supervision of Mr, J. C. Whimper. The first of the four monthly parts within which it will be com pleted has been issued opportunely upon this very morning of the opening of Parliament by the Messrs. Ti ilbner of Paternoster-row. It contains, as each of the three subsequent instalments will also contain, upwards of 170 woodcut illustrations—these illustrations being simply the armorial bearings of the honourable members. The absence of any armorial bearing, however, in some instances, as for example in those of Mr. Bright, of Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Hodgson (probably, like sensible men, they will care nothing for it, however), appear somehow to render the publication slightly invidious. So far as it goes, however, it is likely to be acceptable to the generality: though we should certainly our selves have suggested the publication of the work not in a quarto size but in a size more compact and portable—even if it had, after the manner of the thumb-bible, dwindled down to a very miniature or mannikin of a duodecimo for the waistcoat pocket. MR. BEETON'S PUBLICATIONS still shine forth conspicuously among the popular periodicals of the day. They increase and multiply, moreover: fur, while the old favourites continue to flourish, newer ones are, every now and then, making their appear ance from his establishment. Here blooming before us, for example, is that merry puzzling Christmas Book (reprinted and clad now in a glowing cover of blue and red) ycleped The Kiddle-a-Wink, and penned or edited by Francis Derwick, one who can write not only readably but most amusingly. Again as—a companion bit of fun and frolic, with a merry fool's cap and bells emblazoned on its cover—have we not here Beeton's Book of Anecdote, Wit, and Humour ? Every page of it, tickling the reader into laughter, or tempting him at least to a dimpling smile. Here, too, is the The Boy's Own Magazine, an old favourite, now in its tenth year I Illustrated plentifully always, and crammed full, month after month, with fact, fiction, history, and adventure. Besides which, in a cheaper form, we have The Boy's Monthly Magazine and The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. CASSELL'S PENNY SHAKSPERE gives every indi cation of proving an immense success. It is true that, as yet, we have enjoyed but a nibb!e of the the feast, but with the flAvour of that we are more than satisfied. The illustrations are elegant and imaginative. The paper, the printing, all the little et ceteras of publication appear to have been sedu lously cared for by this most enterprising house of publishers. In their new undertaking we heartily wish them success—we feel:sure.they will deserve it —and we rest confident also that it will be their's. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL, now in its fourth and best series, has evidently taken, in common parlance, a new lease of life. Part I. of this Fourth Series reflects the highest honour upon the great Edin burgh firm from which it emanates. It is in all essential respects pretty nearly as good as can be, as a very model of a cheap periodical. Its contents are as usual singularly varied. The con tributors show, still, that they can instruct as well as amuse. The principal serial in the journal, as the public well know by this time, is the clever tale of " Lost Sir Massingberd." But the marvel of the publication in its new form, the peculiarity of it, at least, chiefly arresting our attention in respect to Part I. of the new series, is—the " getting" of it all " up." In this particular Chambers's Journal is more than ever attractive. THE GALLERY OF GEOGRAPHY, Part IV., is another of the valuable serials now being issued in a monthly form from the house of the Messrs. W. and R. Chambers. It brings the work on, now, to upwards of two:hundred pages—pages still, like the preceding ones, beautifully, and here and there pro fusely, embellished. A map of Africa is this month the principal illustration—the letterpress carrying us far on into the description of our own " loved native isle." MARKETS—This Day MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 8d; barley, 32s Id ; oats, 18s lld ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 53s 3d ; and peas, 32s 10d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 6d; barley, 31s lld ; oats, 18s 10d; rye,3os ld ; beans, 33s 9d; peas, 33s ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,917 ; barley, 97,305 ; oats, 18,456 ; rye, 23 ; beans, 7,183 ; peas, 2,071 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied, and prices were the same as on Monday.: Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime ;large oxen 4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &o. 5 0 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Large crse. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 42 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 20s to 30s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts . Cows llO Sheep .. 4,100 Calves lO5 Pigs 290 MEAT MARKETS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARROW FLAT RACES AND STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. A Flat Race Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added. About five furlongs. Mr. Mellon's Telscombe, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Pigott's Duplicity, aged, 7st 71b (Hibberd) 2 Mr. Ducker's Peru, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (W. Little) 3 Betting—Even on Peru, and 7 to 4 agst Telscombe. Won by two lengths; three lengths separated the second. and third. The Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 added. Abuut two miles. Mr. Last's Gin Sli ng , 6 yrs, lOst ... (Barton) 1 Mr. Sill's Saucy Boy, aged, list 71b (Jewit) C Mr, Raine's Vulture, aged, list Mr. Langland's Armless, lOst slb (J. James) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Vulture, and 4to 1 agst any ether. Vulture refused, and Gin Sling came in alone. - - The Midalesex Grand Open Steeplechase (handicap) of 15 cove each, with 100 added ; winners extra. About three miles and a half. Mr Coventry's Agnes, aged, list 111 b.. (Capt. Coventry) 1 Mr Green's Deception, aged, llst , (C. Boyce) 2 Capt. Tempest's Dedwing, aged, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 Mr Dixon's The Old Squire, aged, list 91b (Hick) 0 Capt, Handley's Doubtful, aged, llst 41b.. (Mr P Loton) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Deception, 3to 1 agst Redwing, 4 to 1 agst Agnes, 6to 1 agst The Old Squire, 10 to 1 agst Doubtful. Won by three lengths. The Old Squire fell. The Volunteer Vase, value £25; list 71b each; winners SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. COCHIN-CHINA. The accounts received from Cochin-China, says the Pays, are quite satisfactory, the most perfect tranquillity prevailing in the provinces occupied by the French. The symptoms of insurrection which showed themselves some short time since have completely disappeared. The administration is occupied in promoting agriculture, and in placin g French rule on a so id footing. The Govercme► It of Hue appears to be well disposed to respE treaties. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) o'r,ANE V. O . KANE AND LORD PALMERSTON. The court, as on the previous day when this ease was brought fonvard, was crowded to excess both by the bar and the publc l and during the brief proceedings the most perfect silence provailed, evincing the deep interest of the spectators. On the case being called on, The Queen's Advocate said—ln order to prevent a repeti tion of the irregularities that took place when the case ca me last before the court, I trust your lordship will allow lite to make a few observations. Mr. G. Browne (counsel for the petitioner)—l don't see what right the Queen's Advocate has to make any observe tions at present. The Queen's Advocate—The petition in this case wan served in October, 1863, the answer was filed on the 11th of: November following, in which the respondent denied at e adultery, and the co-respondent applied on the 27th Decew t ber for specifications with reference to the adultery chargr . d Your lordship on last Tuesday week made an order for - the petitioner to furnish particulars, or, in the event of his - not complying, the petition to b c dismissed. Sir J. P. Wilde—You cannot be heard first, as that co arse would be irregular. The Queen's Advocate—l was called on to peruse these affidavits, aad having done so I think it right to say that much of the matter it contains might be omitted, although counsel for the petitioner said there would not be any irre levant matter introduced. I made the same observation on the last day when the case was brought on. Mr. Seymour was about to make some observations, but. Sir J. Wilde said the proper course was for Mr. Brow n now to show cause, Mr. Brown—On the last day I was making some obs2r vations relative to the affidavit of Mr. Wells, but I wrgi interrupted, and was not permitted to make these observe,. tions. The affidavit on which Mr. Seymour, as counsel fa r the respondent, obtained his rule contained grave chargy 3B against the petitioner and Mrs. Wells, and stated that f.file case was brought forward merely for the purposes of eat or don ; but that allegation was founded merely en the be',ief of Mr. Horsley, and I am instructed to give it the rust emphatic denial. Sir J. P. Wilde—Read the affidavit. Mr. Browri read that portion of the affidavit which ro ferred to the charge of extortion, and other portions of the same which have already been published. I repeat that that charge is quite untrue. I regret very much that the letter of Mr. O'liane was appended to that affidavit. With re gard to the arrrangement, I deny that it was made between. the parties. Sir J. Wilde—What does that mean ? Mr. Brown—Why, that the arrangements were made by third parties. Mr. J. P, Wylde—That is what you mean. Mr. Brown—Under these circumstances 1 am not in structed to make any further opposition to the rule being made absolute. The Queen's Advocate—After the expression of your lordship I have but one word to say with respect to the arrangement. lam instructed to deny emphatically that any arrangement was made between the co-respondent and the petitioner. Mr. Seymour entered into explanations is reference to certain irregularities imputed to the solicitor of his client. Sir J. P. Wilde—From what has taken place to-day the petition must of course be dismissed. The petitioner now comes into court and says an arrangement has been effected through his friends. It was a hardship that a man should] be allowed to take away the character of his wife with impunity by casting imputations on her chastity. The respondent, who challenged proof, now leaves the court without a tarnish. The petitioner retires with evil words, and with the contempt cf others. With respect to the co-respondent, it is a matter of great satisfac- tion to the Court that a name which is never...mentioned in England without just pride should have passed from its annals without a stain. A burst of applause broke forth, but which, of course, was immediately repressed. The rule was then made absolute. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--This Day, FOREIGN SlIrrLY. Beasts 230 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—A moderate supply of meat is on sale here this day, and the trade is inactive. at the annexed currency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d:; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 10d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 43 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 3.—Supply moderate and trade steady, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 3.—Prime stock changed hands freely, at full prices ; otherwise, trade was inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 53 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 8lbs; suckling calves, 16s to 22s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and mulch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od; and straw,:£l 2s to £1 10s par load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to Ll lOs per load. A fair average supply. COAL MARKET. Prime of:Coal per Ton at the close or the market. s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 14 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....14 9 Lambert's West Hart- s. d. Carr's Hartley .......14 9 Walls End. Heugh Hall .......... 19 0 Kelloe .............. .18 9 Hartlepool ........... 19 6 East Hartlepool ...... 19 9 Triindon liartlepeol...l9 6 Riddell .............. 17 9 Cassop ............... 18 .9 97 ; sold, 22. ley l4 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 Hastings Hartley 14 9 West Hartley 14 9 Davison's West Hart ley ..15 0 Ships at markel 1281 13t i 64/ I 1091 I I i 106} 1021 934 9 128/ i 1021 31f 21 si PRACTICAL WISDOM. Is it carelessness or frivolity to live in the present, as we all did, in those days? Is it not, is truth, the highest and best philosophy to enjoy the passing light of each blue day, as if it never should return—to revel in the bright mornings, which spring from Eternity, and return to Eternity at night ? Why should we scorn the little days, passing on angel wings, and fix our thoughts on the regrets of the past, or the perils of the Future? Strange it should be so, but so it is ; to most men there is no present—there is yesterday and to-morrow, but seldom to-day. We are ever like the passengers on the vessel's deck, bound to the far distant land ; some cluster in the bow, and strive with anxious vision to pierce the purple clouds resting on the horizon; others gather near the stern, and gaze with fond lingering regrets on the loved shore, sinking lower and lower as the ship speeds on her trackless way; but rarely is the wanderer found whose sense of enjoyment is satisfied with the fresh breeze, the bright sea-foam, the greatness and wildness of the waters he is traversing. Happy, indeed, are they who allow each day to suffice for itself, and only anticipate the future, when the anticipation relieves a present suffering. Such, and such only, will bear with them into maturer years the freshness and buoyancy of youth. In the history of an artist of course the subject of art is fittingly commemorated, ex gr. : ART AND ARTISTS. For an artist the sky has a deeper blue, the trees a richer foliage, the tints are softer, the green more varied, the shadows and contrasts of scenery more intense than to the general observer. So it is—as a man grows in art, he will grow in thought and poetry ; and then to think how much happiness art has conferred on the family which possesses the vivid resemblance of the lost—how much art has done for history. What does not Spain owe to the pencil of Velasquez ?—and, indeed, what has art not done for the faith ? A Murillo and Raphael, as Christian teachers, stand near a Bossuet or Fenelon. " Very true," said Markham ; " and for this cause art fell off when a great faith ceased to become a moving of principle of life and action, In his work on Spanish painters, Stirling, whose pen conveys impressions not less vivid than the works he so eloquently describes, tells us, repeatedly, that these great masters strove to call forth the virtues and charities they had represented on their canvas that they had toiled not merely for fame, but for the glory of religion, and the instrnetion of men. It has often oc curred to me how the Titans who stood in proud array at the portals of the sixteenth century, must have been in spired with a subject before they took pencil in hand. Can you not picture Lenardo da Vinci, meditating on the heights of Fiesole, which overlook sweet Florence, ever the beau tiful. Thence he could contemplate the city, basking on the sunny banks of the Arno, the villas scattered in pic turesque groups upon the vine-clad hills ; but music of the city bells from convent and tower being borne towarh him on the soft evening breeze. Depend upon it, was with a mind fraught with no common emotion, and in a spirit of great faith, which the beauty of the or the silence of the cloister, may have called forth, „' . ,at he conceived that Madonna whick, next to his Last Supper, was the greatest, as it was the first, of his marvellous conceptions. What must have been the frame of mind of Raffaele when he imagined his glorious cartoons ?—or of Michael Angelo when he painted his Last Judgment ? It was well remarked, that religion, poetry, and art are all one—the expression of the true, and beautiful, and good; at least,so it was formerly. Now, I am afraid, much more material objects come into play, and artists prefer creating fortunes to creating immor tal works, We have not space for all the passers we might willingly select, and yet mere isc:-.t-d passages scarcely do justice to the simple charm that pervades the book as a whole. It is filled throughout with suggestive thoughts and kindly sympathies. As, for example, when it is asked, almost indignantly, " who shall judge another man's life, who shall turn the page down? For, are there not pages turned down in ail lives ? Is there not a chamber in every heart where men desire that no one should enter ?" In another passage, speaking of trifling acts of kind ness, it is truly observed—" Is anything in life really trifling? There is much Christianity in closing doors gently—there is great charity in the small obligations of life, if we would but remember it." " Life," it is said in another place, " is a tragedy for men who possess sympathies; a comedy to men of hard hearts and good digestions." Yet, is this remark less truthful than the kindred opinion of Gray, where he tells us that all men are 1 "Condemned alike to groan, The tender for another's pain, the unfeeling for his own." From what we have said, it will readily be inferred that we have been more fascinated by the manner of this story, and the thoughts and sentiments that it records, than with the story itself. We must confess that our friendly interest is more largely excited by the biographer than by the hero of the tale. The love episode of Leonard's history is an unfortunate one, and is to be regretted. It almost reconciles us to his early death. His name will, however, linger as a pleasant memory with all who may peruse this charming record of his career. Savage Africa. By W. Winwood Reade. One Vol., pp. 587, illustrated. Smith and Elder. Mr. Winwood Reade tells us in his preface that he makes no pretensions to the title of explorer. "If I have any merit," he says, "it is that of having been the first young man about town to make a bona fide tour in Western Africa; to travel in that agreeable and salubrious country, with no special object, and at his own expense ; to fianer in the virgin forest, to flirt with pretty savages; and to smoke his cigar among cannibals !" An attractive picture assuredly, and a companionship that few " mon about tom," will envy Mr. Win wood Reade, although certainly possessing all the charms of novelty, a novelty refreshing, one might imagine, even to a Sir Charles Coldstream. If we remember aright Mr. Curzon, in his very remark able work on the monasteries of the Levant, met with a monk who had never seen a woman. Equally surprising is a discovery made by this African explorer when, following cut that part of his pro gramme which suggests " a flirtation with pretty savages," he ventures on one oce?.7ion to kiss Anauga, the daughter of the King. The damsel is terrified, she thinks ha Is going to devour her ! " This mode of Western A f SA / Altation is utterly unknown in ; the poor child had thought I was Pin! * Lo dine off her, and had run for her life !" It :nay be objected perhaps that Mr. Reade's style of relation is too light and flippant for the serious work he has undertaken. Conscious of this him self, he tells us in extenuation that the greater part of the work was written at first in letters to a friend. Occasionally a more serious spirit comes over the gossiping traveller, as when sitting by the grave of a fellow -countryman, he tells us "No one but those who have travelled in a wild and desert and sickly land can understand the emotions with which one contemplates the grave of a white man in the wilderness. It diverts one from the ignoble realities of savage life, and fills one's eyes with those tears which the proudest man is not ashamed to shed." S: me very spirited illus trations of " the Queen of the Cannibals," of " the Gorilla," about whom (or which) Mr. Reade has col lected many interesting particulars, of the terrors of an African Tornado, which, we are informed, are " like a woman's wrath, furious but brief," of " an inundation in Senegambia," in which all the rival animals of the forest moved by the fear of a com mon danger are crowded together on a projecting elevation ; these and some other similar scenes de picted by a happy pencil, increase the attractions of this very interesting volume. Before taking leave of Air, Reade ; however, we must express our total dissent to the moral and educational conclu sions which he draws from his wanderings. By his account Africa is to be civilised and enlightened not by Christianity, but by the teachings of Mahommed ! It is undoubtedly true that the Mussulman is less barbarous than the savage, but to extirpate heathenism by error is, to say the least of it, an extraordinary way of propagating truth— extra. About one mile awl a half. Mr. Tilbury's Mystery, aged (Mr. Henry) 1 Mr. Cedney's Heliopolis (71b extra) (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Expectation, Rapture, Slasher, and Valentine. Betting-7 to 4 agst Slasher, and 3to 1 each agst Mys tery and Rapture. Won by two lengths. A Scurry Steeplechase Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, Once round. Mr. Last's Gin Sling, 6 yrs, list 7th (T. Barton) 1 Mr. Langland's Armless, lOst (J. James) 2 Monk, list 71b (J. Searle) 0 Betting—Even on Armless, and 2 to 1 each agst Monk and Gin Sling. Won by four lengths, Monk fell. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of " The sun" of last evening] : LINCOLN SPRING MEETING—FEB. 23. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeplechase. Age st lb Age st lb .. a 12 7 Woodford .. 5 11 0 .. a 12 4 Premier .. a 10 12 .. a 12 2 Volunteer .. a 10 11 .. a 12 0 Rook the Gardener 6 10 11 .. a 11 11 Emblematic .. 6 10 11 .. 6 11 9 Ace of Trumps .. 5 10 10 .. 6 11 9 Magician .. a 10 10 .. a 11 9 Cadet a 10 7 .. a 11 7 Miss Maria .. a 10 7 .. a 11 3 Miss Emma (late .. a 11 3 Gwen} an) .. a 10 7 .. a 11 3 Creole, by Marley .. a 11 1 Hill .. 5 10 7 .. 6 11 0 Baron of Avon .. 4 10 7 Joe Maley Yaller Gal Rod Robin Portland Rarey Rubicon Harkaway Pine Apple Satellite Kington Bridegroom Sunflower Deception Malta .. Acceptances for the Line( Age st lb Argonaut .. .. 5 8 12 Aurelian 6 8 10 Ellerton 6 8 4 Suburban .. .. a 8 4 Neophyte .. a 8 4 Despair .. .. 5 8 3 Partisan .. 5 7 13 Early Purl.. .. 4 7 13 Lapidist .. 5 7 12 Welcome .. .. 5 7 12 Donnybrook .. 4 7 12 Juliet .. .. a 7 12 Turn of Luck .. 5 7 12 Dunkeld .. 4 7 12 Flying Fish .. 4 7 10 Fontenoy .. 4 7 10 Merry Hart .. 4 7 10 Flash in the Pan a 7 8 Tolnrno .. 5 7 8 King Cotton .. 4 7 7 Confidence.. .. 6 7 6 Lustre .. a 7 6 Creole .. 4 7 6 Principal .. .. 5 7 4 Trojanus .. 4 7 4 Rubini .. 4 7 3 Merry Maid .. 5 7 2 Bosh 5 7 2 Reindeer .. 6 7 2 Miss Emma .. 6 7 2 Hetman a 7 2 Joco .. 4 7 0 dnshire Handicap Stakes. Age st lb Belladrum.. .. 4 7 0 Benjamin .. .. 5 6 13 M, Philippe .. a 6 12 Pounce .. 6 612 Fluke .. .. 4 6 10 Village Belle .. 4 610 Actaeon .. 4 6 8 Claxton .. 3 6 8 Pegasus .. .. 3 6 6 Buckland 3 6 6 Mail Train .. 3 6 6 Clairvoyante .. 3 6 4 Brindisi .. 3 6 4 Rose .. .. 3 6 3 Signalman .. 3 6 2 Mantrap .. .. 3 6 2 Anglo-Saxon .. 3 513 Siva .. 3 5 13 Veterinarian .. 3 5 12 Confederate .. 3 5 10 Redcap .. .. 35 10 Dovedale .. 3 5 9 Flaneur 3 5 9 Hawkshaw .. 3 5 8 King of Clubs .. 3 5 8 iianiel .. 3 5 8 Naxos . • • . 3 5 7 Guerilla .. 3 5 7 Miss Shepherd .. 3 5 7 Fanny Seaton .. 3 5 7 Ea. .Bouquet 3 5 7 'HE NORTHAMPTON iNDICAP. Age st lb Principal .. .. 5 6 12 Flash in the Pan .. a 6 10 David Ann .. 6 6 10 Incitatus .. 5 6 10 Caroline .. .. 3 6 8 M, Phillippe .. a 6 7 Lady of Coverham 3 6 4 Ghillie Callum .. 3 6 2 Countersign .. 3 6 0 Mikaela .. 3 6 0 Isca .. 3 5 12 Sheridan .. .. 3 5 12 Double First .. 3 5 12 Mahometan .. 3 6 11 Iphigenia .. 3 6 11 Danaus 3 6 10 Alabama .. .. 3 6 9 Welbeck .. 3 5 9 Highland Piper .. 3 5 9 Lord Zetland .. 3 5 9 Llangollen .. .. 3 6 9 Anglo-Saxon .. 3 5 9 Whitethom .. 3 5 9 Br. to Rubini .. 3 5 7 , It THE CITY AND HANDICAP. Age at lb Count Cavour .. 4 6 4 M. Philippe .. a 6 4 Lady Superior .. 4 6 3 Verbena .. .. 3 6 3 Weatherspy .. 4 6 3 Lord Zetland .. 3 6 3 Mahometan .. 3 6 2 Y.Rapid .. 3 6 1 Lady Emma .. 4 6 1 Bangle .. .. 3 6 0 Iphigenia 3 6 0 Lucky Star 3 5 13 'Brindisi .. 3 5 13 Echo .. .. 3 5 13 Sir Roger .. .. 3 5 13 Master Richard .. 3 5 13 Woodcraft.. .. 3 5 13 Phemy filly .. 3 5 12 The Beadle .. 3 5 12 Orphene .. 3 5 12 Moulsey .. 3 5 12 Mail Train .. 3 5 11 Old Fuller 3 5 10 Black Fawn .. 3 5 10 War Dance .. 3 5 10 Gordian Knot .. 3 610 Diviner .. .. 3 510 Highland Piper .. 3 5 10 Pegasus .. .. 3 510 Hawkshaw .. 3 5 9 Langford .. .. 3 5 9 Dispute .. .. 3 5 9 Major .. .. 35 9 Aunt Judy 3 5 8 Bon Soir .. 3 5 8 Bradamante .. 3 5 8 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Double First .. 3 5 7 Farnham .. .. 3 5 7 Alabama 3 5 7 Brother toßubini.. 3 5 7 Aurora .. .. 3 5 7 Weatherglass .. 3 5 7 Lady Warwick .. 3 5 7 Bittern .. 3 5 7 Greville .. 3 5 7 Lady Milton .. 3 5 7 E GREAT METROPO - Age at lb Lady Emma .. 46 8 Iphigenia • .. 3 6 7 Durham .. 3 6 7 Lord Zetland .. 3 6 7 Mahometan .. 3 6 5 Mail Train.. .. 36 5 Sheridan .. .. 36 4 Gordian Knot .. 3 6 3 Alpheus .. .. 36 3 Aunt Judy .. 3 6 1 Old Fuller.. .. 3 6 0 Diviner • • .. 36 0 Farnham • • .. 36 0 Highland riper .. 3 6 0 Alabama 3 6 0 Mikaela • • .. 36 0 Greville • • .. 36 0 Jeannette .. .. 36 0 Brother to Rubini.. 3 6 0 Major • • .. 36 0 Letcombe Lass colt 3 6 0 LE NEWMARKET HAN !AP. Age st lb Planet • • .. 3 6 6 Farce .. 4 6 6 Barbadocs • . 5 6 M. Philippe .. a 6 4 Lord &Aland .. 3 6 3 Echo .. .. 3 6 0 Outlaw .. .. 3 6 0 Woodcraft .. 3 5 13 Bay Celia filly .. 3 510 Alabama .. 3 5 9 Wandering Minstrel 3 5 9 Langforet .. 3 5 7 Guerilla 3 5 7 Faretra .. 3 5 7 Bradamante .. 3 5 7 Nucleus .• • • 3 5 7 Rappel . (h, b.) .. 3 5 7 E BERKSHIRE STAKES Age st lb Butterfly .. a 7 8 Violet 6 7 6 St. Lawrence .. 5 7 3 IGlowworm .. 47 3 Verbena •• 3 12 Signalman .. 3 6 2 ACCEPTANCES FOR SHIRE I Age st lb Fairwater .. 6 9 1 Wingrave .. 5 8 12 Gibraltar .. a 8 12 Lioness .. 5 8 8 Glenorchy.. .. 4 8 3I Costa .. .. 58 0 I Blithfield .. 4 7 12 Knutsford .. 6 7 10 Blondin .. 4 7 9 Dollar .. .. 4 7 9 Trumps .. .. 47 7 Fantail .. 4 7 6 Tarn of Luck .. 5 7 6 Loiterer .. .. 6 7 6 Despair .. 6 7 Gardener .. 6 7 4 Welcome .. .. 6 7 3 Watchman .. 5 7 2 Touch and Go .. 4 7 2 Trojanus .. 4 7 0 Lapidist .. 5 7 0 Union Jack 3 7 0 Earl of Surrey .. 6 7 0 Benjamin .. .. 5 7 0 Knave of Trumps 4 7 0 ACCEPTANCES FO SUBURBAN Age at lb Lord Burleigh .. 5 812 Ace of Clubs 5 8 8 Saccharometer .. 4 8 7 Exchequer.. .. 5 8 4 Carisbrook.. .. 5 8 4 Tippler .. .. 4 8 4 St. Alexis.. .. 5 8 2 Aurelian .. 6 8 2 Tom Fool .. 4 7 12 Marigold .. 4 7 10 Bellman .. 6 7 10 Vivid .. .. 4 710 King of Utopia .. 4 7 9 Cadiz .. .. 4 7 7 Leonora ~ .. 5 7 7 Trumps .. .. 4 7 6 Merry Hart .. 4 7 6 Dr. Syntax .. 4 7 6 Taje .. 4 7 6 Flying Fish .. 4 7 6 Juliet a 7 4 Rheebus .. 6 7 4 Summerside .. 4 7 2 Fiancee .. 4 7 2 S tockin ger .. 5 7 2 Melandra 4 7 2 Blarney .. 3 7 2 Crotchet h.. 5 7 1 Bel Demonio (late Harvest Mell) .. 3 7 0 Barter .. 4 7 0 Avondale .. 4 7 0 Fitz-Avon.. .. a 7 0 Jarnicoton.. .. 4 6 13 Nebula 4 6 12 Merrymaid.. .. 5 6 9 Kemptown. .. 4 6 7 Columbia .. .. 4 6 7 Horse Marine .. 3 6 7 Planet .. .. 3 6 6 Joco .. 4 6 6 Crisis .. .. 3 6 5 Voluptas .. 4 6 6 King Charming .. 4 6 5 Countersign 3 6 5 Barbadoes.. .. 5 6 4 Liston .. .. 4 6 4 ACCEPTANCES FOR T] LITAN H. Age at lb Blithfield .. 4 8 12 Costa 5 8 9 Brighton .. 5 8 7 Jack o' Hearts .. 4 8 6 Fantail .. .. 4 8 0 Watchman .. 5 8 0 Butterfly .. a 7 13 Welcome .. 5 7 9 Summerside .. 4 7 7 Touch-and-go .. 4 7 4 Cachuca .. 4 7 3 Count Cavour .. 4 7 3 Detective .. 4 7 3 Kempton. .. 4 7 3 Joco • • .. 4 7 2 Bel Demonio (late Harvest Moll) .. 3 7 2 King Charming 4 7 0 Urisia .. 3 6 11 Lady of Coverham 3 6 11 Y. Rapid .. 3 6 S ACCEPTANCES FOR TH DIC. Age at lb Asteroid .. 6 9 6 Carbineer .• 6 9 1 Orb:listen .. •• 5 8 7 Magnum Bonnm.• 3 Anfield 4 8 8 0 Hospodar 4 7 9 Fantail . • •. 47 8 Leonora .• .. 57 8 Dr. Syntax .. 4 7 6 Erin-go-Bragh .. 4 7 6 Union Jack .. 3 7 6 Oscar • • .. 47 3 Summerside .. 4 7 safeguard 4 7 0 Detective .. 4 6 12 Odino .. 4 6 12 Kemptown .. 4 6 7 Actaeon 4 6 7 ACCEPTANCES FOR TH Age at lb Costa .. 5 8 12 Earl of Surrey; 5 8 3 Turn of Luck .. 5 8 3 Lavender 4 8 0 Evenhand 6 7 10 Chaff ~ ~ 4 7 8 OLD COURT. THE MURDERS AND PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) The prisoners John Lyons, Barcelia la Santos, Mursto Durano, Francisco Blanco, Manilla men; Marco Varta, Marcelliano, Miguel Lopez, and George Carlos, were again placed at the bar this morning. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, Mr. Metcalf, Mr, Sleigh, Mr. Rib ton, Mr. Kemp, and Mr. Best addressed the jury for the prisoners. The Solicitor-General having replied, The learned Judge proceeded to sum up and comment on the evidence. (We shall give the result in a later edition.) THE PRUSSIANS IN SCHLESWIG. PLON, Jan. 28. The following general order was issued by Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia on the 28th ult. : Soldiers,—When the King intrusted me with the com mand of this Army Corps, he ordered me to express to you in his name his expectation that you would do your duty under all circumstances. When on your march to this place you entered strange towns and villages, the inhabitants, not knowing you, feared you, but your winning and friendly demeanour obtained for you not only good accommodation, but was also the cause of your leaving as friends those places where you entered as unwelcome guests. So comport yourselves throughout in the. country which we are going to deliver. You will beEir in mind that the honour of the Prussian arms demands that you should conquer, but also that you should pardon the conquered as brothers. This is Christianlike, and a good Christian cannot be a bad soldier. The Prussian name is already in good repute with the Danes. It is well when even our enemies respect us. - Soldiers I In a few days it will be known whether are shall have war or peace. Should a second Danish war begin, we shall meet with fortified places and large sheets of water and ice; but your dauntlessness and zeal will be all the more glorious. 'We shaPt know how to overcome all obstacles, none of which shall detain us longer than they should. Do not those obstacles conceal the enemy who is accustomed to fly before our regiments ? Forward, then, let us look for that enemy ; let us oppose his retreat; let us disperse his ranks I H aving accomplished this result you will not give the enemy ti me to breathe, but pursue him indefatigably, to annihilate him sie e o 5 fyears,having 0 have some long marches to perform, but after that y ou w ill ll fight your by h a ve well merited rest and good quarters, h onour an d recompense consciousnessdth t e he firstti m e n o d u uty r side. Austria, for, an Let us renew the old broth er h ood in arms. What a noble emulation is therefore before us But in our ranks, s a t l r so u , gg t l h e e an m d e m n a o k f e effortsßrandenburgtowiand of win the heraeed ofW Westphalia will victory. You men of Brandenburg I know, and you know me, and this is saying enough. You, men of Westphalia, we are not yet known to each other, it is true, but that may be all the better, for there can be no more favourable opportunity of becoming acquainted with you and appreciating you speedily. Let us, then, all follow the black and white flag ; let us all obey the same King, who has said to us that he relied upon our doing our duty under all circumstances. With God's help we shall do it, Long live the King I FREDERICK CHARLES, Prince of Prussia. A PRINTERS' CRAPEL.—That a body of prin ters working together is called a " chapel," maybe amongst the things not generally known. The term is derived, as those who have read the life of Caxton and the history of printing will doubtless know, from the fact that the earliest presses were set up in a chapel attached to some religious house or monastery-, teen the general seats of learning. The word has been transmitten through many generations, and is en exceedingly pictorial one, carrying the mind back to an age happily long vanished. Fancy, however, must not whirl us away too fast or too far. We must not picture to ourselves mullioned windows, {lntel shafts, and groined roofs as constituting the atelier of the modern printer. There is nevertheless s(o thing highly interesting even in a modern printing:olnc_ • Tha long room, the lines of desks or "cases" reoged e larly against the walls, the fibs of compositors sdiPP7';...Reir nir-ble fingers in the little square type-boxeof ciity a,cl precision with which piece after pie: these thumbed into the "stick," the consciensinnendotr power, men in the white blouses are agents o eels re l rem one end of and are weaving words which will s p s l mpr ess us strongly the world tis the ether —all these t_4 s . g Theu eldest man of the body as we examine the busy hives he exereises follows t at though it by no mearia a week. receives the honourable title of authority over his children. vu lather of the chapel ;' ,Aro.. ~~ ,3. poll, gionr gon. 1100. ) at' fet e ?stl' ad to :8 the , "MI Ow ?,, pith grnor e for 1111 1 la" a order